Surgery Waits

Arthrodesis waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

The median wait for arthrodesis at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 116 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
116 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 65 days in 2018–19 to 116 days in 2024–25 — up 78% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 555 km away, at 109 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital116 daysnot published10 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published29 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)110 days16.2%334 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%1563 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthrodesis by financial year at Royal Adelaide Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Adelaide Hospital 116Australia 158
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Adelaide Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published101
2017–18not publishednot published105
2018–1965not published111
2019–20131not published107
2020–21141not published182
2021–22388not published185
2022–23146not published203
2023–24132not published171
2024–25116not published158

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Arthrodesis across Australia · Arthrodesis in South Australia